U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case of an Arkansan sentenced to life without parole for a crime committed in his youth.

Today, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal filed by the Equal Justice Initiative which asks the Court to extend protections for children sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. In Jackson v. Hobbs, the Arkansas Supreme Court upheld a death-in-prison sentence imposed on a 14-year-old who was convicted of an unintentional killing where he was not the triggerman. You can find more information at: https://www.eji.org/eji/

More info: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/cert/10-9647